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Explain the following term/concept:Confidential officer - Secretarial Practice

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Explain the following term/concept:
Confidential officer

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(1) The term ‘confidence’ implies trust in a person or thing. Accordingly, confidential officer means officer, with whom one (employer) shares secret or private matters, trusting them not to reveal it to others.
(2) The Secretary is trusted servant (officer) of his employer or organisation. He is a custodian of secret, confidential and important information of his employer or organisation.
(3) Being a confidential officer, a secretary is closely associated with the top management and also involved in execution of policy decisions, he is not expected to reveal secret information to others unless required or authorised to do so.

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